Miniature secretary with a watch

ca. 1766–72

Medium: Agate case with gold mounts, pearls; enamel dial
Date: ca. 1766–72
Dimensions: 30.8 × 14.6 × 10.5 cm
Catalogue: 05-02
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of Admiral F. R. Harris, in memory of his wife, Dena Sperry Harris, 1946
Indexed: James Cox
London
Automata
Enamel

Further views

Fig. 1 · Miniature secretary with a watch

Fig. 2 · The reverse, without the dial

Fig. 3 · Three-quarter view

Provenance: Admiral F. R. Harris; his gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in memory of Dena Sperry Harris, 1946
Exhibited: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on view in gallery 512
Literature: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection record, accession 46.184a–c